Anduril
Senior Systems Engineer - Mission Systems
$167K–$222K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years industry Systems Engineering experience.
- Education
- BEng/BSc/MEng in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a similar engineering field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active US Security Clearance.
About the job
Develops and integrates the Thunder autonomous aircraft mission system and payloads, applying systems engineering practices across design, testing, safety, and airworthiness.
What you'll do
- Maintain system architectures and engineering artefacts, including functional decomposition, system breakdowns, system descriptions, and interface control documents.
- Support design reviews, test planning, configuration management, safety and airworthiness, and verification activities.
- Shape integration and test environments and support ground and flight testing of prototype and production-representative systems.
What they ask for
- Degree in a listed engineering field or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of Systems Engineering experience with safety-critical hardware and software in Defence or Aerospace, focused on relevant aircraft or weapon-system domains.
- Experience developing systems engineering artefacts and verification and validation plans, and deep understanding of test and evaluation.
- Experience with developmental autonomous aircraft (Group 5 UAS or larger), change management, and eligibility to obtain and maintain an active US Security Clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with open mission system architectures, such as PYRAMID, OMS/UCI, or STANAG 4586.
- Experience with SysML v2 and requirements management tools such as Jama.
Pay
$167,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
PYRAMID, OMS/UCI, STANAG 4586, SysML v2, Jama
AI focus
The role supports mission-system and autonomy development for Thunder, an autonomous attack rotorcraft; the posting does not specify direct AI development duties.
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